[BCMA] For Immediate Release - Final Week of Negotiating Spaces Exhibit

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*



Date:     February 21, 2012



Who:   The Port Moody Station Museum

                www.portmoodymuseum.org

                info at portmoodymuseum.org

                604.939.1648



Where:  Port Moody Station Museum

                   2734 Murray St. Port Moody, BC

                  (next to Rocky Point Park)





*Final Week of Negotiating Spaces Exhibit*

* *

*Port Moody, BC* – Feature Exhibit *Negotiating Spaces *Closes February 26th



During the late nineteenth Century in Canada, traveling on the train
connected the individual traveler to a collective whole. Today, traveling
on those tracks speaks of a national memory that has almost been forgotten.
To remind us of the importance of train travel to the Canadian identity,
the Port Moody Station Museum is hosting *NEGOTIATING SPACES: Visual
Recollections of Train Travel in Canada *by artist Lindsey Bond.



This exhibit is an evolving art installation exploring contemporary train
culture in Canada, comprised of medium format and Polaroid photography,
video, audio and written blog accounts. *Negotiating Spaces* critically
investigates the Canadian perception of space, the myth of the land and the
reality of the rail travel experience. Created through a two‐month journey
from Vancouver to Halifax and Winnipeg to Churchill, this body of work
confronts traditional landscape imagery and looks to re‐define what being a
Canadian means via rail.



Artist Lindsey Bond was born in Alberta and brought up in the vast prairies
and wide skies of the western belt.  According to Bond, “This land and
light taught me what being Canadian meant.” Upon returning from living
abroad, Bond realized she had little first-hand experience of the country
she called home. This realization inspired Bond to seek out what home meant
to her. *Negotiating Spaces* is the result of this exploration. Bond says,
“This exploration pushed me to de-mystify gaps in my own knowledge about
the history, people and ultimately the identity of Canada, landscape and
myself.”



The newest component of the project is *The Story Line*, a blog where
visitors can contribute their own railway memories, photographs or
drawings.  Individuals can contribute to the *Negotiating Spaces* dialogue
by sharing their own rail travel experiences on the *The** **Story
Line*which can be found at
www.negotiatingthestoryline.com.



The exhibit opened last November as part of the Museum’s celebration of the
125th anniversary of the 1st trans-Canada passenger train. Visitors have
one last opportunity to experience *Negotiating Spaces *before it closes
Sunday, Feb. 26th and moves to its next stop at the Banff Centre for the
Arts. Find a preview of Negotiating Spaces on Bond’s website at
www.lindseybond.ca<http://www.lindseybond.ca/LINDSEYBOND.CA/negotiating_spaces.html>
.


For more information, contact the Port Moody Station Museum at 604-939-1648or
info at portmoodymuseum.org.


-- 
*Rebecca Clarke, Museum Coordinator*

Port Moody Station Museum
2734 Murray St.
Port Moody, BC V3H 1X2
604-939-1648
www.portmoodymuseum.org
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